Auction 64 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jan 22, 2019 (Your local time)
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Facsimile of the Independence Scroll, Signed by David Ben-Gurion / Booklet for the 28th Zionist Congress – ...

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Facsimile of the Independence Scroll, Signed by David Ben-Gurion / Booklet for the 28th Zionist Congress – Jerusalem, 1972 / 25th Independence Day, Souvenir Sheet, with "First Day" Postmark, 1973 / Stamps with Portraits of Israeli Leaders
A bound volume compiling a booklet printed for the 28th Zionist Congress, facsimile of the Independence Scroll hand-signed by David Ben-Gurion, souvenir sheet for the 25th Independence Day, and different Israeli stamps.
The volume contains:
• The 28th Zionist Congress, 18-27 January 1972, Binyanei Haooma Jerusalem. Published by The Press and Public Relations Bureau of the World Zionist Organization, Tel-Aviv, [1972]. English.
A booklet published for the 28th Zionist Congress with a survey about the history of the Zionist movement and its future projects.
• Excerpts describing the days of the Declaration of the State of Israel out of the book "Three Days" by Ze'ev Sherf (Am Oved publishing, 1959).
• Scroll of Independence signed by the Provisional State Council members – printed facsimile of the signed scroll, hand-signed in pen by David Ben-Gurion. Pasted on vellum-like leaves, alongside the Scroll of Independence, are stamps with portraits of Moshe Sharett, Levi Eshkol, Yitzchak Ben-Zvi and David Ben-Gurion (with "First Day" postmark and "Midreshet Sde Boker 5.11.74" postmark) and a souvenir sheet in honor of the 25th Independence Day, with "Scroll of Independence" stamp (with "First day" postmark and "25 years to the Declaration of Independence" postmarks, 1973).
• Photograph of David Ben-Gurion reading the Scroll of Independence with two stamps on the side – "thy children shall come again to their own border" (Hebrew) with portraits of Chaim Weizmann and Lord Balfour – issued on the occasion of the Balfour Declaration Jubilee (1967).
[16] leaves, 21.5 cm. Hard cover. Good condition. Some tears to tissue guards. Stains. Some blemishes to joint between endpapers and the body of the book.

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